SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THORP

November 2016

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Elem/MS News 2

Freshman Parents 2

Box Tops 3

Lunch App 3

MS Student Council 4

Featured Alumni 4

Ag/FFA News 5

Math Mayhem 6

FBLA Choc. Sale 6

SCHOOL CLOSING DUE

TO SEVERE WEATHER

Throughout the school year,

there are times when school

may need to be closed or

delayed due to certain situ-

ations…especially that of

snow. When these conditions arise, we

try to make the call early enough so par-

ents are able to round up the necessary

supervision for the day. Since there are

times when it becomes a last minute call,

we ask that parents have an emergency

plan in place for such an occasion. Our

main concern is that of student/staff safe-

ty. If the weather is questionable, please

check your local television channels as to

whether school is in session or go to the

school website – www.thorp.k12.wi.us

For those of you that like to be notified,

you can sign up for a weather alert notifi-

cation from WEAU.com. If school is can-

celled or delayed, you will receive a noti-

fication from WEAU.

DECREASE IN TAX LEVY

Many of you may have heard that the mil

rate will go down from $8.88 to $7.73 per

thousand this coming year. It may seem

as though this would be a good thing, but

there is definitely more to the puzzle. Re-

minder: the district receives revenue from

two main sources (1) state aid and (2)

property taxes. State aid is based on stu-

dent enrollment and on the amount of

expenditures from the previous year. If

the district receives

less revenue from

property taxes,

the expenditures

will go down

thus decreasing the amount of state aid

the following year. If state aid goes down,

property taxes will go up.

SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDACY

The deadline for declaring candidacy for

the School District of Thorp’s Board of

Education is Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at

5:00 p.m. If interested, please stop in the

District Office located at 605 S. Clark St.

and pick up candidacy papers. In order to

appear on the official ballot at the Spring

Election, a candidate will need to file a

declaration of candidacy and a campaign

finance registration statement with the

filing office no later than this deadline.

The appropriate forms can be obtained from the websites of the Wisconsin Elec-tions Commission or the Wisconsin Eth-ics Commission or from the administra-tive office at the School District of Thorp.

District Administrator

HS Student Council fall trip to

Madison; visited state capital

and attended a UW Badger

hockey game

Dear Parents and/or Guardians, I hope this letter finds everyone do-ing well. The time continues to pass quickly as Halloween is gone and the holidays are around the corner. As time passes and the seasons change, so does our outdoor attire. Along with creating a great learning experi-ence for every child, it is also our priority to keep everyone safe and healthy at school. One way to keep our children safe and healthy is by dress-ing appropriately for the weather. In the near future, our children will need to bring multiple layers to keep them warm when they are outside.

If you have been into school lately, you may have noticed signs with numbers located outside the of-fice and each pod. The numbers are

used to help communicate with our students what kind of clothing they should wear outside. A level zero means that it is a beautiful day outside; a 1 means that the children should wear a coat; a 2 means that the chil-dren should wear a coat, hat, and gloves; a 3 means that the children should wear a coat, hat, gloves, and boots; and a 4 means that it is very

cold and the children should wear a coat, hat, gloves, boots, and snow pants. Students should bring a coat with them everyday, as well as hats and gloves. The days of bringing boots and snow pants will also be here be-fore you know it. Thank you in ad-vance for helping us keep our children safe and healthy! If you have any questions or concerns, I can be reached by phone at 715-669-5548 or via email at tnel-son@thorp.k12.wi.us.

Best wishes, Mr. Nelson Elementary/Middle School Principal

Tyler Nelson

Elementary/Middle School Principal

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3rd Graders: Hayride to Dutch Dairy

Kindergarten get a ride on the fire truck–

Thank you Fire Fighters!!

Class of 2020 Students and Parents!

(Freshmen) Please remember to pay the

$20.00 class dues for the year. These dues will help

with activities for future years in high school like homecom-ing, prom, class trip, and grad-

uation. Please pay Molly Baker,

class Treasurer Thank you!

Mrs. Zwiefelhofer Advisor

Tech Ed I class working

on CO2 Dragster Cars

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We are continually looking to up-

date the free and reduced lunch

applications that are submitted

from families. If you feel you may

fall within the guidelines listed on

this page, please ask one of the

offices or go to the school

webpage at www.thorp.k12.wi.us

(under DISTRICT, District Forms

and Handbooks) for a Free and

Reduced Lunch application. The

number of students that fall in the

free/reduced category benefit the

school and the family. For exam-

ple: The school receives over

$2,000 for every student in K-3rd

grade that is free and reduced.

The District also receives aid based

on the number of free and re-

duced applications. So, not only

does the program benefit the fam-

ilies, it also benefits the school. If

you have any questions, please call

715-669-5401. Please drop your

filled out application off in either

office.

FEDERAL ELIGIBILITY INCOME CHART

For School Year 2016-2017

House-

hold size

Yearly Monthly Weekly

1 $21,978

$1,832 $423

2 $29,637 $2,470 $570

3 $37,296 $3,108 $718

4 $44,955 $3,747 $865

5 $52,614 $4,385 $1,012

6 $60,273 $5,023 $1,160

7 $67,951 $5,663 $1,307

8 $75,647 $6,304 $1,455

Each

addition-

al per-

son:

$7,696 $642 $148

Lunch Applications

Thorp High School Students

had the opportunity to tour

some businesses during the

annual Clark County Career

Tours day on October

12th. Industries that were

toured included OEM, MEC,

and Cummins Filtration out

of Neillsville, and Lindner

Farms from Greenwood, WI.

How the Program Works

There are hundreds of participating products in food

and non-food categories that carry Box Tops on their

packages

Each Box Tops clip is worth 10 cents

It’s simple. Buy the products; clip the Box Tops; send the Box Tops to school.

Each enrolled school has a Box Tops Coordinator that counts and submits all of their

Box Tops to General Mills. School District of Thorp Coordinator: Krista Haas

Enrolled schools receive two checks a year from General Mills to purchase the things

they need like: books, school supplies, playground equipment, teacher training, comput-

ers, etc.

Enrolled schools can earn up to $20,000 every school year by clipping Box Tops from

participating products

Download the Box Tops Bonus App to earn even more cash for your school. Simply

select offers and scan your receipt to earn Bonus Box Tops in combination with the on-

pack Box Tops clip and any other coupon, discount, store program promotion.

Schools can also earn through Bonus Box Tops offers, sweepstakes, and contests

There are not any restrictions on how each school spends their check. Schools can spend their cash to buy what they need most.

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The School District of Thorp would like you to meet some of the many great alumni who have graduated from Thorp.

We are introducing a new feature to this newsletter that highlights our former students called “Featured Alumni.” Each

edition will feature profiles of School District of Thorp Alumni. If you would like to be a featured alumni please email

mschraufnagel@thorp.k12.wi.us We would love to hear from all School District of Thorp Alumni.

Featured Alumni Devon Tyznik, Class of 2011

After Graduating: Upon graduation from THS, I enlisted in the National Guard in 2012 and was released for

medical reasons. Currently I am pursuing an Elementary Education degree at UWEC and trying to survive my new Eng-

lish Class. Mrs. Campbell is still the best English teacher!

Current Occupation and Location: While attending college I am also working

as a CNA at Dove Healthcare South in Eau Claire. I must be really good at my job

because the old ladies keep telling me they love me.

Hobbies: I enjoy working out every day, bow hunting, and doing Spartan rac-

es (military style obstacle course).

Valuable Lessons Learned: Treating people with respect even if they don’t respect you, shows a lot about your character. Doing this could possibly open doors for you that you never imagined for yourself. Don’t quit on something be-cause it is hard, anything worth doing in life is going to be hard or everyone would do it.

MS Student Council Fall Summit

On November 8, 2016, the Thorp Middle School Student Council hosted the 2016 Wisconsin Association of School Councils (WASC) Region I JAM (Junior and Middle School) Fall Summit, at UW-EC. Seven middle schools from the area attended, for a total of 135 students. Weeks before the summit, Thorp’s Middle School Student Coun-cil consisting of Emily Oberle, Ryan Raether, Isabella Hoff, Kiana Simon, Mackenzie Abramczak, Adalya Pask-ert, Grace Tieman, Laiken Immormino, Morgan Reyn-olds, Jacob Barth, Jesse Windl, and Olivia Lenzen worked very hard making decorations, securing a DJ, scheduling sectional rotations, making booklets or assembling bags for the schools and their advisors. Every year, the six regions of the WASC hold fall summits around the state. The theme for this year’s Region I Summit “Go for the Gold in Leadership.” Along with national guest speaker, Patrick Maurer, sectional workshops on Public Speaking Skills, Parliamentary Pro-cedure, Personality Profiles, and Electronic Elections were presented by Tammy Raether, Emily Eichstadt, Glen Schraufnagel, and cur-rent FFA officers and Altoona Middle School Student Council respectively. “Being the host school was definitely a great experience,” said seventh grade council member, Laiken Im-mormino. Thorp Middle School Student Council is ad-vised by teacher, Jane Hollister.

Page 3 Thorp Cardinal News

FFA members

attend the

National FFA

Convention in

Indianapolis, IN

Middle School FFA members attend leadership

conference in River Falls

FFA took a big group to Osseo paintballing

Ag Dept. Poinsettia sale:

$12 each

Colors: red, white, and burgundy

Very nice foiled with a ribbon

December 1st, 3:30 to 5:00 pm

(use elementary door entrance)

NON PROFIT

ORGANIZATION

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

ECRWSS

THORP, WI 54771

PERMIT NO. 3

SCHOOL DISTRICT

OF THORP

For school calendar information, staff

e-mail addresses, sports, resources,

and more check out our Web site at:

www.thorp.k12.wi.us

Empowering

Students to Excel

THORP

BOARD OF EDUCATION

MARIE KARABA………….... President

DAVE BURKE………........V. President

JEANETTE KODL….…………….Clerk

BRENDA HENKE………….. Treasurer

TY SCHNEIDER………………Member

ADMINISTRATION

JAMES MONTGOMERY……....District

Administrator

BILL HASS…………....…..High School

Principal/Athletic Director

TYLER NELSON………....Elementary/

Middle School Principal

THORP ELEMENTARY/

MIDDLE SCHOOL OFFICE

605 South Clark

Thorp, WI 54771

Phone: 715-669-5548

Fax: 715-669-5403

THORP HIGH SCHOOL/

DISTRICT OFFICE

605 South Clark PO Box 449

Thorp, WI 54771

Phone: 715-669-5401

Fax: 715-669-3701

Don’t miss out!!! Thorp FBLA is selling World’s

Finest Chocolate Candy Bars now thru

1/20/17. Proceeds will go towards Leadership Labs,

Regional Leadership Conferences, Charitable Dona-

tions, and more. Please support the FBLA with a de-

licious treat! If interested in purchasing contact

Mrs. Sherfield at 715-

669-5401 ext. 217.

COMING SOON!! SAVE THE DATE!!

Monday, January 23, 2017 5:30-6:30 pm

Marvelous Math Mayhem Grades K - 5